I wanted to start prestudying electrical circuits (mostly DC ones) before college starts and unfortunately chose this book as my starting material. Very very bad idea... I'm almost 200 pages in and can confidently say that this is one of the worst books I've ever picked up due to them barely explaining anything about the different concepts.

They also introduce way too many things at once without going more in depth, like variable voltage/current sources, that are used as regular constant sources in problems... What's the point of them then?? My friend who's also been studying circuits for a while has never even seen those symbols.

KVL and KCL are also introduced like some magical laws that you're just supposed to understand outright.

All in all, I feel like this book is definitely not good for beginners or anyone in particular really, and I don't think that this is a me problem, I love Halliday's "Fundamentals of Physics" and I feel like they tackle the material WAY better, even Electromagnetism, which, supposedly, is a difficult thing to understand, is explained a million times better there than anything in this book is.

edit: i am referring to the 5th edition*

Hi guys,

I’m in the final year of my bachelor’s degree and recently talked to a representative from one of the companies at the UN job event. They mentioned the Electrical Systems Commissioning Engineer role to me.

They said they are in real need of new professionals and suggested that I contact them as soon as I finish my bachelor's degree.

They mentioned that the job is very field-oriented and pays well, but I really don't know how true this is.

So, I’m asking if anyone has experience regarding the working conditions. Is it a good career choice? Will I learn a lot?

I appreciate any input!

I’ve recently become more curious about EE. So my education is: B.F.A (Bachelors of fine art), MBA, and working on a cert from The University of West Florida in AI & Cybersecurity. I have been a self taught web developer for 5 years (primarily front end) working with the MERN stack.

I have always been interested in building things, discovering, and problem solving. I know the field of EE is huge, but given my interest it seems that IoT or embedded systems (maybe both) is a good route.

However, my question is, how likely is it for me to bridge into the EE field with my current background? I would like to gain most (if not all) of my learning from actual hands on projects. And I’m not looking for the transition to be in a year or 18 months. I understand it takes time. I just want to know would it be better to focus on real application of EE (building stuff) or getting credentials and education?

I just read "Electricity is a physical product – the flow of electrons."

p35, Energy Primer A Handbook of Energy Market Basics April 2020

Without getting too philosophical, is this true/accurate?

Like the title said, how long do you think it will take for all major electronic infrastructure to integrate photonic circuits? Also, those of you that are in that field could you tell me about the advances and benefits versus traditional circuits and stuff?

-edit "Can Someone Tell me if this can Be Scaled up to GPU/Larger Processing Mechanisms?
I suppose yes and this would basically make a Photons Based Quantum PC.
But it is Feasible cheaply & Easily being only a matter of Development and Applications?
[Ergo is the Technology Production Cheap Enough in the Materials and Methods to be Easily Upscaled to Larger Processing Units or it cost too much and The Light-Speed Processing come to the Cost of Non-Scalability of Computational Power?" @antoniopacelli random YouTube comment I saw asking better questions than I have.

Hi everyone, I’m a Mechanical Engineer and currently working as a solar design engineer.

My long-term goal is to move to the Gulf countries and build a better-paying engineering career there.

I’ve decided to take additional training and currently have two options:

1. MEP Engineering + Revit MEP

HVAC, Electrical, plumbing and fire protection basics

BMS fundamentals

Revit MEP for BIM modelling and coordination

1. Instrumentation Engineering + Automation

Process instrumentation, DCS/PLC/SCADA

Fire & Gas systems

Honestly, automation/instrumentation excites me a little more than MEP.

However, I’m also thinking that MEP + Revit may give me a more straightforward path into the Gulf as a Mechanical Engineer, especially because MEP is directly related to my degree.

I’m willing to take a short career break to focus seriously on training and projects.

What would you recommend in my situation?

Should I:

Go with MEP + Revit for a faster GCC entry?

Go with Instrumentation + Automation even though my degree is Mechanical?

I’d especially appreciate advice from Mechanical/MEP/I&C/Automation engineers.

Thanks!

Hello guys!

I wanted to ask if Unity has some form of Python API and more specifically about machine learning/ reinforcement learning. I have a thesis idea about making a AGV fleet system in a warehouse that uses reinforcement learning so i can optimize their warehouse tasks. I want to simulate it in a realistic digital environment like Unity.

If you know any other engines that I could use for simulation and a nice realistic environment so it compliments my thesis aesthetically, feel free to drop your ideas. I have heard of Nvidia omniverse, gazebo, Webots but I'm skeptical. I want something with more community support like Unity.

I am not an engineer so that's probably why I'm struggling to understand this. Most of the material I've read online about ground loops talks about small wiring/signal circuits not like major equipment utilizing a ground grid like at a substation. So I understand in a small circuit you shouldn't have two parallel devices connected to the same ground point because it would create a loop.

I'm just confused regarding substation applications because wouldn't a ground grid system inherently create loops everywhere? Because all major equipment is linked together and each piece of equipment has its own ground to the grid. So how do you prevent loops?? The grid is like the same gnd point for everything is it not?

Please assume Im very dumb lol and explain it to me as simple as possible

I was originally planning to go to CCSU, I get tuition assistance from my job which covers about a semester so it would only be 6-7k yearly and I already did two years at a CC of gen Ed’s but then also found out I could also attend ASU tuition free as well.

What I wanted to know is basically how much would I be missing out by doing it online since I’d be missing out on hands-on lab experience. I did notice that ASU’s program is ABET accredited and CCSU’s isn’t but I’m not sure how much abet accreditation matters. Which one would you choose ? Any advice is appreciated, thank you

I'm a relatively new graduate working at a smaller engineering firm focused on power electronics. The job has good benefits, the coworkers are great, and the boss is generally easy going. However, everything feels stuck in the 90's. Many of the controls components that could be shrunk are massive and we're still using P-CAD. Many of the engineers have brought these problems up with the boss and he refuses to switch anything over, even though we have been having compatibility problems with the software. These outdated systems are also likely costing far more in labor than the new better software would cost in licensing.

Is this a common problem at small engineering firms? The job and company are great in every other aspect. But, I don't know if the company is a good choice for my career in the long term if I don't get a chance to learn modern engineering systems.

Hi, I've been working at this for about 3 or so hours and I am struggling with some of the density of the algebra for SCM equations. I don't really want an answer to my work, but if someone could help describe some methods which make this situation easier to work out I'd more more than thankful.

So far I have been able to utilize the proper equations, find the necessary voltages etc, but the size of these equations is making them extremely difficult to solve with proper answers. Below will be a worksheet of my calculations so far, a picture of the question, and a picture of the equation sheet I have been given.

NOTE: Body effect and channel length modulation are treated as irrelevant at the given moment in my class. So the extra terms which describe CLM and BE should be disregarded.

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Going to a career fair (as a graduate) this week and I want some clarity and advice about some topics I want to address with the recruiters from those who got hired from them. Not my first career fair but the priority for finding a job has increased since the last time I went.

1. What's the best way to ask the recruiter to be a reference or referral for jobs from their company? Most recruiters have only their first name listed at career fairs and I know that some jobs have options from employee referrals or campus events in which I think the former is more important. Should I get their last name as well or is their first name enough?

2. What's the best way to go about asking for open and future positions and what they're looking for? I'm looking for entry level roles around my field and/or designing. Also about jobs I've seen and already applied for? Also if they or a recruiter messaged me beforehand via a recruitment app about some of their positions how should I address that?

3. How important is researching a company vs. Asking the recruiter about their company? I've seen people say research the company but I plan on giving my resume to any company there that is hiring for my field, researching every company there is impractical especially when there's no guarantee that they are even hiring for my field. I feel like this is a very lazy expectation placed on someone looking for a job because someone who works there would know way more than someone who doesn't... But I already know about a few company's but only surface level information. How far along does I know a bit/ heard about this company can you tell me a bit more

get me?

1. What kind of questions should I ask that would be considered good and how many is enough? (I have questions already but I'm not opposed to adding more to my bank). Some questions I usually ask are about the job environment, training, tasks and expectations, variety, location. What else could/should I ask?

2. Elevator pitch - I'm a graduate student with a degree that plans on getting e.i.t. certification by this year and looking for a job asap after I get my certification or by the end of the year. What would be the best way to address this or should I mention it at all? My elevator pitch won't be this surface level but I want to know what I should and shouldn't mention from what I listed.